Strawberry season is finally here! I’ve been thinking this year, about how the land connects all of us. We are all dependant on a farmer in some way, shape or form. Whether it is eating a salad or enjoying farm fresh Poteet strawberries, there is a farmer behind every bite of produce or food that
Leon Asuncion (left) and Norma Ramos (righti) (Photo courtesy of CBCP News website) MANILA - Pope Francis recently conferred the ministries of lector and catechist on 10 lay people, including two Filipinos. The Catholic Bishops' of the Philippines (CBCP) news website on Thursday reported that the pontiff installed the new catechists - four men and six women - from the Philippines, Italy, Congo, Mexico and the United Kingdom (UK) during the celebration of the fourth annual "Sunday of the Word of God" on Jan. 22 at St. Peter's Basilica. The Filipinos were 55-year-old Leon Asuncion and 55-year-old Norma Ramos, from the Catechetical Foundation of the Archdiocese of Manila (CFAM). Asuncion is from St. John the Baptist Parish in San Juan City where he had been serving as an Extraordinary Minister of the Holy Communion. He and his wife, Juliefer, are also members of the Couples for Christ since 2008. They are blessed with four children. He has been with CFAM since 1992, wher